Re: Wan bandwidth used by DR
I don't think that would even be possible because it's a virtual appliance Bandwidth shaping by the way will not solve the direction of the traffic imho it will only control the rate which isn't an...
View ArticlevCenter 5 plugin compatibiltiy with vCenter 4.1
I just downloaded and setup the Orchestrator appliance. Can I use the vCenter Server 5 plugin to connect to a vCenter 4.1 update 2 installation?
View ArticlePoor VMWare View 4.6 Performance
We have deployed a small VMWare View solution for Admin Staff, Accounting and CAD / Drafting users. We currently have 21 VM's running and received daily complaints about performance, some days better...
View ArticleRe: VMWare doesn't find a boot file
Is there a setting I can change to stop the machine from looking for a network share first and make it go to the dvd drive instead, kind of like changing the boot order of a pc?
View ArticleV2V from ESX 2.5 to ESXi 5.0
Hi allI've been involved in the task to migrate some VM running on ESX 2.5 to a new vSphere 5 infrastructureThe main issue is that these VM /ESX 2.5 are managed by a virtualcenter 1.3I know very old,...
View ArticleRe: Installation Error
Not sure if dbowner is enough. Wasn't it for vCenter / Update manager that the account also needs "Bulk insert" permissions? Maybe also for SRM
View ArticleV2V from ESX2.5 to ESXi 5.0
Hi all I've been involved in the task to migrate some VM running on ESX 2.5 to a new vSphere 5 infrastructureThe main issue is that these VM /ESX 2.5 are managed by a virtualcenter 1.3I know very old,...
View ArticleLicense Question on Essentials Bundle
I see the "Essentials bundle" allows me to control up to 3 ESXi hosts, but does that mean I can install 3 separate instances of vCenter Server or am I limited to one? I intend to run SRM and will need...
View ArticleRe: backup/export to OVF ?
the ovftool is usable inside or outside the esx host, not sure if it's it works inside vMA, will try that now and report back... thought what does it really matter if vMA is under load when you can add...
View ArticleRe: Clipboard sharing doesn't work in VMware Player 4 Unity mode
I've been looking into this bug this week. It seems to be triggered if you switch between a host window and a unity window several times without changing the clipboard. I don't have any fixes or...
View ArticleRe: V2V from ESX2.5 to ESXi 5.0
MOA is a cold clone alternative - http://sanbarrow.com/moa.html.
View ArticleRe: vSphere 5 Firewall
There are a number of ways of adding FW rules. 1) Injecting an XML file that describes the new rule into the ESXi folder /etc/vmware/firewallYou can now use the...
View ArticleRe: backup/export to OVF ?
it was the service console itself that was under load. vifs uses the embded https server to transfer the files
View ArticleRe: VMWare doesn't find a boot file
Even though you can change the boot order in the VM's BIOS this won't help if the CD is not bootable. The network/PXE boot option is the last option in the boot order anyway. If you want, hit the ESC...
View ArticleESXi level 2 performance statistics
On vcenter, I increased the performance statistics to level 2. The performance stats I want are: data receive rate average(host)data transmit rate average(host) I am finding that although these stats...
View ArticleMultiple Blocking Tasks?
Hello, I have a blocking task setup on vappcreate. When a user creates a vapp in his org VDC seems to be generating seven identical blocking tasks. Does anyone know why? Is anyone else seeing...
View ArticleESXI refuses to admit update
I ran the upgrade esxi 4.1 to 4.1 update 2 on a couple host running 4.1 build 348341 .. one host shows build number is now 433742 but the other still shows build 348341. i ran the update the same way...
View ArticleRe: Installing Vcenter 5.0 on a 2003 server...error
Hi, vCenter Server 5.0 requires a 64-bit operating system and cannot be installed on a 32-bit operating system. Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard, Enterprise or Datacenter SP2 (required)...
View ArticleRe: ESX is Over VM Capacity by some large number
can you find the same metric "Capacity Remaining | Count | VM | Disk IO" in the AllMetrics section (select the same ESX host from inv-tree)see what's the value for the last week or so, and post a...
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